Weekend Brochure Autumn 2017

WEEKENDS AT TEDDIES Autumn Term 2017

Above: Pupils enjoying croquet at the Sacristans’ BBQ Front cover: The Shells’ end-of-year trip to Brecon

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WARDEN’S INTRODUCTION

The beginning of the school year is a time bursting with activity and endeavour at Teddies. A warm welcome to those joining us at St Edward’s; this Weekends brochure aims to give you an insight into the wealth of events and activities available for our pupils and for families beyond the confines of the traditional school week. There is no such thing as a typical weekend at Teddies, but they are invariably lively, engaging and enjoyable. I look forward to meeting you at many of the weekend concerts, performances, House activities and sporting events in the weeks ahead. Stephen Jones

Notes on the Weekend Programme All services in Chapel are open to families.

Sports fixtures are listed in outline; see the website or the calendar for full details. North Wall exhibitions are open 12.00 - 4.00pm on Saturday (closed to the public on Sunday; pupils may visit the Gallery at any time). For weekday opening hours visit the website. www.stedwardsoxford.org www.thenorthwall.com

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SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER Sport Hockey v Bradfield Rugby v Haileybury Team Challenge Shells 7.30pm Tedstock plus BBQ With DJ Rodney Musa Fourth and Fifth Forms 7.30 - 9.30pm Kendall Quad Lower Sixth Dinner 8.00pm, Dining Hall EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER Holy Eucharist 9.30am, Chapel Chapel Choirs. Oxbridge Note Race The Oxford Grade-1-athon 9.30am–2.30pm The Ogston Music School See details overleaf. Martyrs Autumn Sports Day 10.30am Former pupils return for a day of sports. School Play read through 11.00am–5.00pm Drama Studio Shells Trip to Youlbury 12.00–6.00pm

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SUNDAY

SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER At the North Wall Co-Education at Twenty : an Anniversary Exhibition 12.00–4.00pm Celebrating 20 years of full co-education at St Edward’s, this exhibition invites seven former pupils who have gone on to professional careers as artists and artisans to showcase their work. Encompassing a broad range of styles, media and techniques, Rose Barry, Lâle Guralp, Rebecca Wilkes, Miranda Stewart, Harriet Blomefield, Lucy Smallbone and Cecily Vessey, who all studied art whilst at Teddies, return to show their work and inspire the next generation. Free to attend. No booking required.

10TH SEPTEMBER Oxbridge Note Race The Oxford Grade-1-athon 9.30am–2.30pm The Ogston Music School Join us as St Edward’s music teachers take grade one on an instrument they’ve learnt in just nine weeks. They’ll then prepare for a concert with 90 musicians from across the county at the Oxford Town Hall in what may well prove to be the city’s worst ever concert! The concert begins at 7.00pm, tickets £5 through: www.wegottickets.com/event/410881

Drawing by Cecily Vessey for Co-Education at Twenty: an Anniversary Exhibition at The North Wall

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SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER Sport Hockey v Pangbourne Rugby v Rugby OSE Rugby Match OSE Girls’ Reunion 2.00–8.00pm,The NorthWall Headline Magic Morgan & West 7.30–9.00pm,The Hall See details opposite. EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER Holy Eucharist 9.30am, Chapel Yellow Choir.

Sing’s and Kendall Superstars 10.30am–3.00pm, Martyrs Pavilion See Details Opposite. Close Harmony to Radley Voces8 Day Fourth Form 10.30am–5.30pm, Radley College Blenheim Palace Trip New pupils 2.00–6.00pm Senior Musicians’ Recital Sixth Form 7.30–9.30pm, TheWeston Recital Room See details opposite.

Lower Sixth Social Following Headline Magic Cooper’s

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SUNDAY

SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER Apsley Shell Parents’ Social 12.00–1.00pm, In House Headline Magic Morgan & West 7.30–9.00pm The Hall The magical double act Morgan & West bring their unique brand of entertainment to St Edward’s, fresh from a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Oxfordshire-based duo began their act whilst studying at Oxford and have gone on to enjoy international success with their time-travelling trickery and witticisms. ‘Superbly crafted’ The Stage Free to attend. No booking required.

17TH SEPTEMBER Sing’s and Kendall Superstars 10.30am–3.00pm Martyrs Pavilion Please join us for a day of enjoyable competition. For many, the notion of “Superstars” will ring a bell from the days of Andy Ripley, Brian Jacks and Kevin Keegan. For those less familiar, it is a rather eclectic decathlon of unconventional events. This version is completed in teams drawn from each House who compete against each other across the 10 events. To the victor go the bragging rights! Lunch and refreshments will be provided for pupils and their families at the Martyrs Pavilion. Senior Musicians’ Recital 7.30–9.30pm TheWeston Recital Room Sixth Form music Scholars showcase their skills, performing a programme of solos and chamber music. Free to attend. No booking required.

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SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER Sport EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER Jubilee House 10 Sports in 10 Hours 8.00am–6.00pm Nuffield Health Fitness &Wellbeing Gym See details opposite. Sport Harriers: Longworth 10K 9.00am–2 .00pm Trip to Oxford Shells 12.00–6.00pm CCF and Life Skills Field Weekend Fourth Form and above Until Monday 25th September Café Chapel 8.00pm, Dining Hall Gospel Choir.

Hockey v Stowe Rugby v Clifton Ice Skating Shells

7.15pm, Oxford Ice Rink House Arrangements Fourth Form

Bowling Fifth Form 7.15pm

Ozone Leisure Centre, Oxford Field House Curry Night 8.00–9.00pm, Dining Hall Music Kate Dimbleby: Songbirds 8.00pm

The NorthWall See details opposite. Lower Sixth Social 8.30–9.45pm Cooper’s

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER Sixth Form Open Day 9.00am–1.30pm Talks, tours and lunch. At The North Wall Music: Kate Dimbleby: Songbirds 8.00pm, tickets £14 Songbirds combines a cappella songs with personal stories from her life, resulting in a unique experience for the audience with every performance. The daughter of Britain’s famed broadcasting family, Kate Dimbleby explores her legacy in a critically acclaimed performance.

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SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER Sport Rowing: Wallingford Sculls At The North Wall Much Ado About Puffin 11.00am and 2.00pm The NorthWall Family Event. SUNDAY 1ST OCTOBER Sixth Form Choices Parents’ Briefing 7.30pm,The Hall

“Riveting” ★★★★ Mail on Sunday Booking at www.thenorthwall.com SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER Jubilee House 10 Sports in 10 Hours

In the summer of 2015, Archie Lloyd, brother of Jubilee girls Kitty and Flora, was tragically killed in Greece. Archie was a dedicated team player who loved sport so the Lloyd family have set up a charity, Team Archie, in his name. 10 Sports in 10 Hours is a fundraising event designed to celebrate Archie’s spirit and values. The House will compete as two teams throughout the 10 hours raising as much sponsorship as they can for Team Archie. The ten sports are: golf, swimming, hockey, netball, cricket, football, tennis, rounders, rowing and touch rugby.

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SATURDAY 7TH OCTOBER Sport Hockey v Kimbolton Rugby v MCS Rowing: Reading SBH Rush Trampolining Shells and Fourth Form 6.30pm HighWycombe House Arrangements Fifth Form Lower Sixth Social 8.30–9.45pm Cooper’s St Vincent’s Society EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 8TH OCTOBER Concert and Brass Bands play for Oxford Half Marathon 9.00am–12.00pm Summertown High Street Holy Eucharist 9.30am, Chapel Blue Choir. Clay Pigeon Shooting 1.30–4.30pm James Shouler Shooting, Wendlebury School Play Rehearsal 2.00–6.00pm Drama Studio Lower School Music Recital Shells, Fourth and Fifth Forms 7.30–9.30pm TheWeston Recital Room See details opposite. At The North Wall Music: The Young’uns 7.30pm See details opposite.

8.30–10.30pm The Old Library

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES

SATURDAY 7TH OCTOBER Sing’s Fifth Form Parents’ Pastoral Meeting 11.30am–12.45pm, In House SUNDAY 8TH OCTOBER Lower School Music Recital Shells, Fourth and Fifth Forms 7.30–9.30pm TheWeston Recital Room Lower School music Scholars showcase their skills, performing a programme of solos and chamber music. Free to attend. No booking required.

At The North Wall Music: The Young’uns 7.30pm, tickets £16.50

Winning the Best Group prize at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2015 and 2016, English folk band The Young’uns are a group whose star is very much on the rise. Touring the UK throughout October in support of their eagerly anticipated new album, Strangers , the trio combine their collection of folk songs for the modern times with their raucous humour and audience engagement to make for an evening of unforgettable entertainment. Bookings at www.thenorthwall.com “Magnificent” ★★★★★ Maverick

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SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER Sport EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 15TH OCTOBER Harvest Festival Eucharist 9.30am, Chapel Chapel Band. Field House, Cowell’s and Kendall Paintballing 12.00–5.00pm Bicester School Play Rehearsal 2.00–6.00pm Drama Studio Choral and Orchestral Concert Rehearsal 2.30–5.30pm The Hall Choral and Orchestral Concert Vierne: Messe Solemnelle 7.30–9.30pm The Hall See details opposite.

Hockey v Tudor Hall Rugby v Cheltenham House Arrangements Shells Formula 1 Racing Simulator Fourth Form 7.15pm Race Hut Oxford Ice Skating Fifth Form 7.15pm Oxford Ice Rink Evening in Oxford Lower Sixth 7.45–10.15pm Corfe and Cowell’s Dinner Upper Sixth 8.00–9.30pm MCR Dining Room Oakthorpe Dinner 8.00–10.00pm Dining Hall

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER At the North Wall Exhibition: Andrew Hardwick Remnant 12.00–4.00pm Hardwick’s work plays on the changing nature of landscapes, both natural and man-made, making use of a variety of unconventional materials to build on the concept of a layered and heavily textured landscape. Free to attend. No booking required. SUNDAY 15TH OCTOBER Harvest Festival Eucharist 9.30am, Chapel Chapel Band. Choral and Orchestral Concert Vierne: Messe Solemnelle 7.30–9.30pm,The Hall The massed forces of the School Chapel Choirs and St Edward’s Singers combine with a professional instrumental ensemble to perform Vierne’s Messe Solemnelle . The work will be preceded by music from the school Chamber Orchestra.

EXEAT FRIDAY 20TH OCTOBER

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WEEKENDS IN OXFORD AND SUMMERTOWN

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Enjoying the Autumn Sun What better way to enjoy the best of the autumn weather than with a trip to Oxford’s famous Botanic Garden? Dating back to the early 17th century, The Botanic Garden is the oldest in Britain and also boasts being the world’s most compact yet diverse collection of plants. Open daily from 10.00am – 5.00pm (4.00pm from November). Tickets are £5, or free for under-16s when accompanied by an adult. Inspirational Coffee Offering one of the best views in Oxford, the Vaults Café is located to the rear of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Radcliffe Square. Their garden, which offers blankets and hot water bottles in the winter, looks out on the iconic Radcliffe Camera, the Bodleian and Codrington libraries, and the renowned Brasenose and All Souls colleges. The café’s interior is pretty impressive too!

Full Board Dining Thirsty Meeples in Gloucester Green is Oxford’s first board game café. This goes well beyond the obligatory Christmas session of Monopoly; they offer over 2,500 games and are well placed to advise on new options, ensuring you enjoy a fun-filled, social and stimulating afternoon over smoothies, shakes, coffees and cakes. Bookings from £5, open all day on Sundays. A Touch of Culture Oxford is many things to many people, a seat of academia, an iconic city vista or a vibrant regional shopping destination, but it is also a hub for cultural opportunities. Some of the exhibitions and concerts available to pupils this autumn include: Aksum: a Late Antique Empire of Faith in Africa at the Ashmolean from 26th September; Michael Goldrei’s ‘Trashtopia’ at the Old Fire Station from 18th October; Aleksandra Mir , Space Tapestry at Modern Art Oxford until 12th November; and a recital in the breathtaking Sheldonian Theatre, celebrating Corpus Christi College’s 500th anniversary on 25th November.

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SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER Sport Rugby v Abingdon Hockey v Marlborough Rowing: Kingston SBH Squash v Abingdon Shell Play Rehearsals 7.00–9.00pm The Hall House Arrangements Fourth and Fifth Forms Mac’s Charity Ball 7.30–10.30pm Dining Hall Cowell’s Curry Night 8.00–9.00pm MCR Dining Room Lower Sixth Social 8.30–9.45pm Cooper’s EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 5TH NOVEMBER Sport Harriers: Marlow 5k

8.00am–1.00pm Holy Eucharist 9.30am, Chapel Yellow Choir. Shell Plays Final Rehearsals 11.00am–1.00pm The Hall/Old Library School Play Rehearsals 11.00am–4.00pm Drama Studio Shell Plays Performances 2.00–4.30pm The Hall See details opposite. Bands: Dress Rehearsal 4.00–6.00pm The Hall An Hour with the Concert Band 8.00–9.00pm The Hall See details opposite.

Opposite: Pupils during the Mac’s Charity Ball last year.

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER At The North Wall

SUNDAY 5TH NOVEMBER Shell Plays Performances 2.00–4.30pm, The Hall Always a wonderfully entertaining and intriguing evening for the audience, the Shell Plays also help bond the new year-group together in their House. The culmination of a process begun with carefully crafted scripts produced by the Lower Sixth, followed by hours of dedication in rehearsal, the Shell Plays are always hugely enjoyable. An Hour with the Concert Band 8.00–9.00pm, The Hall The Concert Band entertain with an hour’s programme of marches, overtures and show pieces, with an interlude or two from the Brass Band. Come and enjoy an informal evening of varied music and find your spirit being whisked away to the park bandstand.

Exhibition: The Society of Wood Engravers: 80th Annual Exhibition 12.00–4.00pm Over one hundred wood engravings, woodcuts and linocuts showcasing a wide range of submissions from across the world. Pieces can be purchased with prices starting from as little as £50. Free to attend. No booking required.

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EVENTS FOR PUPILS

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER Headline Comedy The Oxford Imps 7.30–9.00pm The Hall The exceptional improvisational comedic talents of the Oxford Imps come to St Edward’s this autumn. The Imps are a mixture of students and local residents from Oxford, who improvise comedy based on audience suggestions. Performing both short-form and long-form improv, you can expect to see anything from singing and rap to re-imagined Shakespearean scenes. SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER Service of Remembrance 9.15am, Memorial Quad Brass and Wind Bands.

SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER Sport Hockey v Cheltenham Rugby v Monmouth Rowing: Pangbourne Sculls Headline Comedy The Oxford Imps 7.30–9.00pm,The Hall See details, right. Lower Sixth Social Following the Headline Comedy performance Cooper’s SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER Service of Remembrance 9.15am, Memorial Quad Brass and Wind Bands. CCF and Brass Players Attending Wolvercote and Wytham parades 10.30am–2.00pm School Play Rehearsal 11.00am–5.00pm, Drama Studio

CCF and Brass Players Attending Wolvercote and Wytham parades 10.30am–2.00pm

Opposite: the Oxford Imps in action.

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LEAVEWEEKEND

SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER Sport Rowing: GB Trials School Play Technical Rehearsal 10.00am–6.00pm The NorthWall

SUNDAY 19TH NOVEMBER School Play Technical Rehearsal 11.00am–8.00pm

The NorthWall Upper Sixth Parents’ Meeting 5.00pm

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EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER Sport Hockey v Wellington Rugby v Oratory School Play Performance The Caucasian Chalk Circle

SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER Sport Rowing: Wallingford VIIIs Head

Harriers: Eynsham 10K Holy Eucharist for

Commemoration and the Installation of Sacristans 9.30am, Chapel Chamber Choir.

7.30–10.30pm The NorthWall See details opposite. Cinema Trip

Shells and Fourth Form Evening in Oxford Lower Sixth 7.45–10.15pm St Vincent’s Society Upper Sixth 8.30–10.30pm Old Library

Opposite: pupils in last year’s Senior School Play, Scenes from Punk Rock , by Simon Stephens

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY

At the North Wall Exhibition: St Edward’s School: In Progress 12.00–4.00pm In Progress showcases the work of Lower Sixth pupils midway through their Teddies Foundation Course as well as presenting other work from Shells, GCSE and Upper Sixth pupils. Free to attend. No booking required. SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER Holy Eucharist for Commemoration and the Installation of Sacristans 9.30am, Chapel Chamber Choir.

25TH NOVEMBER School Play Performance The Caucasian Chalk Circle

7.30–10.30pm The NorthWall

This year’s whole school play, Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a challenging and thought-provoking piece of theatre. One of Brecht’s best-known plays and an excellent example of his “epic theatre”, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, is a story told by a singer about a peasant girl who rescues a noble child, becoming his rightful mother. Our production will feature original music and is directed by David Aldred, Head of Academic Drama. Booking required, please visit stedwardsoxford.org . Free of charge.

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SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER Sport Hockey v Bloxham Rugby v Malvern Rowing: Wycliffe Head House Arrangements Shells Lower School Christmas Dinner Fourth and Fifth Forms 8.00–9.30pm Dining Hall At The North Wall EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER Bagpipers to Radley Bagpipe Day 9.00am–4.00pm Radley College Holy Eucharist for Advent 9.30am, Chapel No Choir.

Carol Service OSE and Parents 3.30–4.45pm Yellow and Chamber Choirs. Carol Service Friends and Parents 6.00–7.15pm Blue and Chamber Choirs. Choir Carols on the Warden’s Stairs Sixth Form 7.45–8.15pm Warden’s Rooms The Choir Dinner 8.15–10.00pm Dining Hall

A Christmas Carol See details opposite.

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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER At The North Wall A Christmas Carol

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER Holy Eucharist for Advent 9.30am, Chapel No Choir. Carol Services 3.30pm and 6.00pm Parents and families are welcome to attend either carol service. Parents will be contacted later in the term with a request to reserve their seats for a service.

Matinee show at 2.00pm Evening show at 7.30pm An adapted version of the Charles Dickens classic, Creation Theatre’s version of A Christmas Carol is sure to offer another fun and atmospheric alternative Christmas show. Will skinflint Scrooge learn the error of his ways and find redemption before Christmas

morning? Join them and find out! Tickets from £13.50, bookings at www.creationtheatre.co.uk

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EVENTS FOR PUPILS

SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER Sport Rowing: Winter Camp Christmas Market Trip Departs forVienna Friends of St Edward’s Parents’ Coffee and Mince Pies 10.00–11.00am,The Old Library End of Term 11.30am

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Race

Families Oxbridge Note

Sports Day

Race Martyrs Autumn

Youlbury Oxbridge Note

Rehearsal Shells Trip to

Pupils Chapel School Play

Twenty at The North Wall SUN 10TH SEPT

Families Co-Education at

Challenge

Dinner Shells Team

Pupils Tedstock Lower Sixth

SAT 9TH SEPT

THEWEEKENDS

Recital

Superstars Senior Musicians’

Recital Families Sing’s and Kendall

Day Senior Musicians’

Radley Voces8

Superstars Blenheim Palace

Pupils Chapel Sing’s and Kendall

The Hall SUN 17TH SEPT

Morgan & West

Families Apsley Shell Parents’ Social

Reunion

OSE Girls’

The Hall Lower Sixth Social

Pupils Morgan & West

SAT 16TH SEPT

St Edward’s School Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 7NN www.stedwardsoxford.org

@TeddiesOxford

Families Jubilee Sports

Café Chapel

CCF and Life Skills Weekend

Jubilee Sports Shells Oxford Trip

Pupils Harriers: Longworth 10K

Day SUN 24TH SEPT

Sixth Form Open

The North Wall

Bowling Ice Skating Families Kate Dimbleby at

The North Wall Lower Sixth Social

Kate Dimbleby at

Pupils Field Curry Night

SAT 23RD SEPT

The Young’uns at The North Wall

Music Recital

Families Lower School

Shooting

Clay Pigeon

The Young’uns at The North Wall

Music Recital

Half Marathon Lower School

Pupils Chapel Bands for Oxford

Pastoral Meeting SUN 8TH OCT

Families Sing’s Fifth Form

Society Rush Trampolining Lower Sixth Social

Pupils St Vincent’s

SAT 7TH OCT

Concert

Orchestral

Service Choral and

Concert Families Harvest Festival

Orchestral

Choral and

Rehearsal

School Play

Paintballing

and Cowell’s

Service Field, Kendall

Pupils Harvest Festival

SUN 15TH OCT

Families Remnant at The North Wall

Simulator

Oxford Formula 1

Dinner Ice Skating Lower Sixth in

Oakthorpe

Sixth Dinner

Pupils Corfe and Cowell’s Upper

SAT 14TH OCT

Concert Band

Families Shell Plays An Hour with the

Concert Band

Rehearsal An Hour with the

Concert Band

Shell Plays Performances

Rehearsals

School Play

Rehearsal

Chapel Harriers: Marlow 5K Shell Plays Final

Pupils

SUN 5TH NOV

The North Wall

Families Wood Engravers at

Night Lower Sixth Social

Cowell’s Curry

Pupils Shell Plays Rehearsals Mac’s Charity Ball

SAT 4TH NOV

In Progress at The North Wall

Chalk Circle performance

Oxford Families The Caucasian

Lower Sixth in

Society Cinema Trip

St Vincent’s

Chalk Circle performance

Pupils The Caucasian

SAT 25TH NOV

Wytham parade

Service Wolvercote and

Families Remembrance

Wytham parade

Service Wolvercote and

Pupils Remembrance

SUN 12TH NOV

Families Comedy: The Oxford Imps

Pupils Comedy: The Oxford Imps Lower Sixth Social

SAT 11TH NOV

Families Carol Services

Choir Dinner

Carols on the Warden’s stairs

Radley Carol Services

Bagpipers to

Pupils Advent Chapel

SUN 3RD DEC

Wall Families A Christmas Carol at The NorthWall

at The North

A Christmas Carol

Pupils Lower School Christmas Dinner

Sacristans SAT 2ND DEC

and Installation of

Families Commemoration

Harriers: Eynsham 10K

Sacristans Wallingford VIIIs

and Installation of

Pupils Commemoration

SUN 26TH NOV

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